Wall-cabinet.



Patented Nov. 3, 1908. 3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

l 4, 4 I 9 a 3 T. KUNDTZ.

WALL CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, 190a.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908. 3 BHEETS-SHEET 2.

il/IIIIIIIIIII/ MHz/eases THE NORRIS Psrfks co., WASHINGTON, n. c.

T. KUNDTZ. WALL CABINET.

APPLIOATION FILED JANL'S, 1908.

Patented N013, 1908. 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

H ave/6Y8 s rarns PATENT enrich.

WALL-CAB INE T.

Application filed January 3, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Tnnonoa KUNDTZ, citizen of the United States of America, residing at Lakewood, in the county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wall- Cabinets; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in wall-cabinets.

he primary object is to provide a wallcabinet which comprises a back, a top, a lower compartment formed forward of the lower portion of the back and open at its top, upper compartments formed between the said lower compartment and the top of the cabinet, and a door arranged to form a front for the compartments above the lower compartment in the closed position of the door and obstructing or cutting off access to the said lower compartment in the said position of the door, which door is hinged to the back externally of the lower compartment and adjacent the ends of the lower compartment and arranged to swing downwardly and forwardly in moving from its closed into its open position, and the forward wall and bottom of the lower compartment having such curvature or trend and arrangement relative to the door that the lower end of the door swings around and externally of the said bottom and wall in moving from the one to the other of its positions and that the said lower compartment is arranged below the door in the closed position of the door.

With this object in view, and to the end of realizing other at vantages hereinafter appearing, this invention consists in certain features of construction, and combinations of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a wall-cabinet embodying my invention, and in this figure the door of the cabinet is shown in its closed position. Fig. 2 is a front side elevation of the cabinet and shows the door in its open position, and portions are broken away in this figure to more clearly show the construction. Fig. 3

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

Serial No. 409,195.

is a vertical section on line 3-3, 2, looka ing in the direction indicated by the arrow.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section on lmc ll, Fig. 2, looking downwardly. Fig. 5 is a vertical section on line 55, Fig. 1, looking rearwardly. Fig. 6 is a view in perspective of the upper portion of the cabinet and shows the hinged mirror-bearing leaf with which the cabinet-top is provided swung into its upright position. Fig. 5 is drawn on a larger scale than the other figures, and portions are broken away in Fig. 5 to reduce the size of the drawing.

My improved wall-cabinet preferably comprises a vertically arranged wooden back A and a wooden top B which is arranged horizontally at the forward side and upper end of the back A. The top B is glued or otherwise attached to the back A. Two laterally spaced vertically arranged wooden bars E are located a suitable distance inwardly from opposite side edges respectively of the back A. The bars E extend from a point next below the top B downwardly into suitable proximity to the lower end of the back A, and are glued or otherwise attached to the said back and to the top. The bars E form the side walls of the compartments 6 of a vertically arranged row of compartments formed centrally of the cabinet at the forward side of the back A and between the top B and a lower compartment 1 but a suitable distance above the last-mentioned compartment. T he compartment I is formed between the lower endportions of the bars E and open at its top. The partition f between acent compartments 0 is preferably in the form of a shelf slidably or removably supported from the bars E. The compartments 6 may be used for holding drawers cl, papers, stationery and other articles. The forward wall 8 and the bottom 9 of the compartment 1 are preferably formed by a single wooden transversely curved piece which extends, as at 15, beyond the outer sides of the bars E to form compartments J at the outer sides of the lower end-portions ofthe bars E, and the outer end-portions 15 of the said curved member curve inwardly toward and extend into contiguity with the back A. Each bar E is provided at its outer side with hori- Zontally arranged shelves h which are glued or otherwise attached to the said bar and to the back A and spaced vertically between the top B and the compartments J to form compartments at the sides of the compartmentsc and above the compartments J. My improved wall-cabinet also comprises adoor G which in the closed position of the door forms a front for and closes the compartments e of the cabinet. The door G has the dimensions, shape and ar rangei'nent required to cut off or obstruct access to the compartments I and J in the closed position of the door and to form a front for the compartments formed at the sides of the compartments (1 between the cabi-' net-top and the compartments J in the said position of the door. The door G has also the dimensions, shape and arrangement required to form the outer side walls of the compartments formed at the sides of the compartments 6 in the closed position of the door, and hence the side-portions g of the door G curve or extend inwardly to conform to the shelves it in the closed position of the door and to form sides for the cabinet in the said position of the door.

The door G is hinged, as at K, at the lower ends and inner extremities of the side-portions 9 of the door, to the back A at the outer sides and externally of the compartments J and in suitable proximity to the upper ends of the last-mentioned compartments, and the hinges K are placed with their axes arranged horizontally and laterally of the cabi net as required to cause the door to swing downwardly and forwardly in moving from its closed into its open position.

It will be observed that the door in its open position, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, has a rear bearing externally of the compartments I and J against the lower portion of the back A, and that the doorin its said open position extends under the said compartments and forms a writing-table extending forwardly from below the said compartments, and the side portions 9 of the door project upwardly in the open position of the door and constitute means wher by papers or articles placed on the said table are prevented from falling laterally from the table. The forward wall 8 and bottom 9 of the compartment 1 preferably curve concentrically of the axis of the door G, and the relative arrangement and contour of the door and the compartments I and. J are such that the lower end of the door swings around the said compartments in moving from the one into the other of its positions.

The cabinet-top B is provided centrally between its ends with a leaf R which is hinged, as at r, to the said. top a short dis tance forwardly of the rear edge of the top and arranged to swing in a vertical plane. The leaf R in its downwardly swung position engages a recess 6 formed in the upper side of the cabinet-top B and in its upwardly swung position (see Fig. 6) disl l l with which the under or inner side of the said. leaf is provided.

My improved cabinet will be found very useful in the kitchen and toilet-room or bath -room of every household, and in schools, barber-shops, stores, offices, hotels and state-rooms of passengercarrying vessels or vehicles. For convenience, the door G is provided at its outer side and upper end, with a handle or pull 10 at which the door can be taken hold of in actuating the door from its closed into its open position.

Means operating to retain the door in its closed position are provided and (see Fig. 5) preferably comprise two bolts L which are borne by opposite side portions 9 respectively of the door at the upper end of the door and have conical heads Z protruding at the top of the door. The bolts L are arranged in the main within and movable endwise of mortises 12 formed in the side portions 9 of the door, and suitably applied spiral springs m are confined within the said mortises and act to retain the bolts in their protruding position. The bolt-heads Z engage sockets 13 in the closed position of the door, which sockets conform to the bolt heads and are set into the inner side of and suitably attached to the top B. Obviously the conical shape of the bolt-heads and. engaging sockets will cause the bolts to yield inwardly against the action of the springs m by a slight pull exerted upon the door G at the handle or pull 10.

What I claim is 1. A wall-cabinet having a back, a top, compartments formed forward of the back and below the top, and a door forming a front for the said compartments in the closed position of the door, which door is hinged at its lower end to the back and arranged to swing downwardly and forwardly in moving from its closed into its open po-- sition, and a lower compartment open at its top and arranged below and having. access thereto obstructed by the door in the closed position of the door, said lower compartment having its forward wall and bottom. curved and arranged to permit swinging of the lower end of the door externally of and around the said bottom and wall in moving the door from the one into the other of its positions.

2. A wall-cabinet having the following a back, a top, a lower compartment open at its top and arranged a suitable distance below the cabinettop, and compartments formed a suitable distance above the lower compartment and between the latter and the cabinet-top, and a door forming the front of the upper compartments and obstructing access to the lower compartment in the closed position of the door, which door is hinged to the back externally of the lower compartment and in suitable proximity to the ends plays a mirror Q f the said lower compartment and arranged ing specification, in the presence of two wit /to swing downwardly and forwardly in 1| nesses.

moving from its closed into its open posi- I T r tion, said door in its open position forming THEODOR KLNDTA' a writing table extending forwardly from l fitnesses:

under the aforesaid lower compartment. C. H. Down,

In testimony whereof, I sign the forego- VICTOR C. LYNCH. 

